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  <title>MedGuides: what changed in VA hospital star ratings</title>
  <subtitle>How many VA hospitals rose, fell or kept the same overall star rating between CMS&apos;s star years, read from CMS&apos;s own files.</subtitle>
  <updated>2026-08-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>CMS star ratings for VA hospitals, 2025 to 2026</title>
    <updated>2026-08-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary type="text">Of the 132 hospitals CMS lists as run by the Veterans Health Administration, 21 rose at least one star in CMS&apos;s overall rating from 2025 to 2026, 25 fell, 66 kept the same rating, 1 lost its rating and 19 were not rated in either year.</summary>
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    <id>https://medguides.health/va-hospital-ratings/changes/#change-2025</id>
    <title>CMS star ratings for VA hospitals, 2024 to 2025</title>
    <updated>2025-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary type="text">Of the 132 hospitals CMS lists as run by the Veterans Health Administration, 56 rose at least one star in CMS&apos;s overall rating from 2024 to 2025, 9 fell, 46 kept the same rating, 2 were newly rated, 2 lost their rating and 17 were not rated in either year.</summary>
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    <id>https://medguides.health/va-hospital-ratings/changes/#change-2024</id>
    <title>CMS star ratings for VA hospitals, 2023 to 2024</title>
    <updated>2024-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <summary type="text">Of the 132 hospitals CMS lists as run by the Veterans Health Administration, 29 rose at least one star in CMS&apos;s overall rating from 2023 to 2024, 35 fell, 47 kept the same rating, 2 were newly rated, 3 lost their rating and 16 were not rated in either year.</summary>
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